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NEE Company Profile

NextERA Energy (NEE) - this company engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric energy in Florida. It produces electricity from natural gas, wind, nuclear, oil, hydro, solar, and other resources. As of December 31, 2009, the company served approximately 4.5 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the east and lower west coasts of Florida. FPL Group also leases wholesale fiber-optic network capacity and dark fiber to telephone, wireless carriers, Internet, and other telecommunications companies. The company was formerly known as FPL Group, Inc., and changed its name to NextEra Energy, Inc. in May 2010. The company was founded in 1984 and is based in Juno Beach, Florida.

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